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Low-tech phishing attacks are gaining ground

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Low-tech phishing attacks are gaining ground 2025-05-01 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are increasingly favoring low-tech, human-centric attacks to bypass email scanning technologies, according to VIPRE Security. The report is based on an analysis of global real-world data and highlights the most significant email security trends from the first quarter of 2025. Callback […]

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Property renters targeted in simple BEC scam

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Property renters targeted in simple BEC scam 2025-04-30 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz Emails purportedly sent by rental property management firms are being used to steal money from people in France and Canada, Proofpoint researchers have warned. A BEC scam preying on renters “Most campaigns are sent from compromised mailboxes belonging to educational institutions in

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AI-Powered Polymorphic Phishing Is Changing the Threat Landscape

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AI-Powered Polymorphic Phishing Is Changing the Threat Landscape 2025-04-24 at 14:32 By Stu Sjouwerman Combined with AI, polymorphic phishing emails have become highly sophisticated, creating more personalized and evasive messages that result in higher attack success rates. The post AI-Powered Polymorphic Phishing Is Changing the Threat Landscape appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Legacy Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks

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Legacy Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks 2025-04-22 at 14:15 By Ionut Arghire A sophisticated phishing campaign abuses weakness in Google Sites to spoof Google no-reply addresses and bypass protections. The post Legacy Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Windows NTLM vulnerability exploited in multiple attack campaigns (CVE-2025-24054)

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Windows NTLM vulnerability exploited in multiple attack campaigns (CVE-2025-24054) 2025-04-17 at 16:52 By Zeljka Zorz CVE-2025-24054, a Windows NTLM hash disclosure vulnerability that Microsoft has issued patches for last month, has been leveraged by threat actors in campaigns targeting government and private institutions in Poland and Romania. “Active exploitation in the wild has been observed

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Cozy Bear targets EU diplomats with wine-tasting invites (again)

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Cozy Bear targets EU diplomats with wine-tasting invites (again) 2025-04-16 at 17:40 By Zeljka Zorz APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) is, once again, targeting European diplomats with fake invitations to wine-tasting events, Check Point researchers have shared. Cozy Bear uses wine-tastings and dinners as a lure In early 2024, Zscaler flagged a low-volume

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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows

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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Kevin Townsend Agentic AI has improved spear phishing effectiveness by 55% since 2023, research shows. The post AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust

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Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust 2025-04-08 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec The financial sector is under growing pressure from advanced phishing attacks and fraud, causing major financial losses and eroding customer trust. Escalation of phishing attacks While traditional phishing relied on generic emails to steal sensitive data, cybercriminals now use targeted

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign 2025-04-07 at 15:05 By Ionut Arghire ‘PoisonSeed’ phishing campaign targets CRM and bulk email providers to distribute “crypto seed phrase” messages. The post CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Phishers are increasingly impersonating electronic toll collection companies

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Phishers are increasingly impersonating electronic toll collection companies 2025-04-03 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Steam was the most imitated brands by phishers in the first quarter of 2025, followed by Microsoft and Facebook/Meta, Guardio researchers have revealed. “Historically, the #1 spot has been dominated by the usual suspects – big tech companies like Meta, Microsoft,

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Help Net Security 99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common

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Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands

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Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands 2025-03-28 at 12:57 By Ionut Arghire A threat actor tracked as Morphing Meerkat abuses DNS mail exchange (MX) records to deliver spoofed login pages. The post Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing

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Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing 2025-03-20 at 19:18 By Kevin Townsend Analysis reveals a 140% increase in browser phishing, including a 130% increase in zero-hour phishing attacks. The post Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users

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Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users 2025-03-19 at 14:11 By Ionut Arghire A long-running campaign phishing for credentials through scareware recently switched to targeting macOS users. The post Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix

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Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix 2025-03-13 at 17:02 By Eduard Kovacs A cybercrime group named Storm-1865 has targeted hospitality organizations via fake Booking.com emails and the use of social engineering. The post Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025 2025-02-27 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishing has been the method most often employed by cybercriminals to achieve initial access to targeted organizations in 2024, according to risk advisory firm Kroll, which expects this trend to continue in 2025. But attackers have also increasingly been

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